Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has tragically passed away at the age of 76

former England boss Fen Goran Erikson has tragically passed away following a battle with cancer at the age of 76 Erikson revealed in January that he had pancreatic cancer and was approaching the end of his life with the best case scenario seeing him only have a year left to live and 7 months later a statement released on behalf of his family confirmed the devastating news on Monday morning it read Sven Goran Erikson has passed away after a long illness SG died during the morning at home surrounded by Family the tragic news comes after a recently released documentary that reflected and celebrated Ericson's life saw the swed share a poignant goodbye message speaking at the end of a new Amazon Prime show about his life called Sven Erikson gave a final message to former players coaches and supporters after speaking openly about several topics in his life throughout the film his goodbye message was set over the landscape of the Swedish Countryside near his home in Sun Sweden with Ericson saying I had a good life I think we are all scared of the day when when we die but life is about death as well you have to learn to accept it for what it is hopefully at the end people will say yeah he was a good man but everyone will not say that he added I hope you will remember me as a positive guy trying to do everything he could do don't be sorry smile thank you for everything coach players the crowds it's been fantastic take care of yourself and take care of your life and live it the film then panned back to Erikson in his home with the former England manager concluding his message with by the swed enjoyed a hugely successful managerial career coaching teams like Manchester City and Leicester City he also LED England and was famously the first ever foreign coach to be in charge of the team key images from Erikson's career were shown during his final message along with a clip of him managing a squad of Liverpool Legends including former players Daniel Ager and Martin skirt earlier this year the match fulfilled Erikson's lifelong dream to manage Liverpool at anfield while also reflecting his enduring popularity among fans in England during the film Erikson reflected that his life has been like a fairy tale it was not a normal life he said I had a good life maybe too good you have to pay for it speaking on a visit to fren lake near his home in Sun Sweden Erikson admitted it could be his final resting place I always thought it's a great place to sleep he said the ashes could be thrown into the water here it feels like home the 76-year-old is most famous for his time in charge of England but despite coaching what was dubbed a golden generation he was unable to lead the Three Lions to Glory the Amazon Prime documentary included key figures from his life including David Beckham Wayne Rooney Roberto manini and Casper schmeichel Erikson also talked openly about his Affairs in the film admitting he was stupid to have cheated on Nancy Del oio with lria Johnson and Faria Alam but the swed insisted when talking about his Affairs that sex is one of the good things in life for all of us his most famous liaison with Johnson left her saying after their Affair that sleeping with Erikson was as boring as building an EA bookas